Michael Hibbard

Tag: Relationship between religion and science

Today I am going to start a whole new series of blog posts. I am going to predicate this all by saying these are my views on existence, and they are not intended to insult or challenge other people’s views or belief systems. But I do challenge you to look at your beliefs, and the beliefs of others to see that there are commonalities we all share, and there is an answer that would bring complete and total world peace.

I have thought on this for a very long time, especially given the state of the world today. And through writing my series, The Waking Dream, I’ve come to some philosophical assumptions, which I believe are fact. As such, I am sharing these views with you, for an open and honest debate about the nature of consciousness. Today we will start with the Origin of the Universe.

For lack of a better word, I am calling this new philosophy, Mism (Merger of all isms) — merging all philosophy, science and religion in one cogent framework for examining the role of consciousness in the creation and maintenance of the universe. We must accept the logical argument that in order for we, as humans, to form a complete and consistent philosophy of existence, we must accept that our views on science, religion and philosophy are flawed and splintered. This statement is the very reason we need one overarching framework with which we can examine The Self. These three areas have caused great strife throughout history due to the fact that we cannot come to a single conclusion on the origin of the universe and our role within it. This series of posts will attempt to find the commonalities that we can all agree on, and hopefully present a complete and cogent framework to look at ourselves and the universe from a unified perspective. And ultimately prove, we are all One and we are all God.

Origin of the Universe

Before we begin, I will state that there are three general groups of belief systems I will be merging in this new philosophy — the primary “isms”. Theists who believe in a Deity in some form. Atheists who do not believe in any form of a Deity. And finally Agnostics who believe that there is not enough evidence to prove or disprove the existence of a Deity. In a later post, I will define a fourth group, which I will call Dichotomists, one who believes in a Deity who created the “seed” for our universe, and God who molds the universe — the Architect and the Engineer Dichotomy.

The long-standing argument between science and religion is the origin, or creation, of the universe. We have creationism which argues that a Deity created the universe and everything therein. And we have the Big Bang Theory which posits the universe exploded from a primordial singularity and within a few minutes hydrogen atoms began to form, thus enabling the coalescence of stars, and later the formation of planets and finally, life.

Both of these ideas can coexist within the framework of Mism. If we adopt a tenet from Deism and the concept of the Unmoved Mover presented in Aristotle’sThe Metaphysics, we can assert that something sparked existence as we know it. Deism asserts that a Deity created the universe and set the natural laws, yet does not interfere with the universe. The Unmoved Mover theory supports the Big Bang in that something caused all motion in the universe, such as a quantum disturbance, defined by Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle.

We know that stars are composed of hydrogen and through the process of fusion, create the ever heavier elements. There are many classifications of stars and each produces different sequences of elements through their fusion cycles. Other elements are created through the death of the star, which begins with the fusion of Iron. A star, such as ours, fuses in this sequence: Hydrogen => Helium => Carbon => Neon => Oxygen => Silicon => Iron. When a star has nothing left to fuse, it explodes in a nova, or supernova, and distributes these elements throughout the universe in all directions, as well as creates other elements in the intense heat of the explosion.

It is agreed upon that there are six elements, all of which created through star fusion and novae, that are most essential for life, as we presently know it, to exist. They are: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus.

Following this, we can deduce the following irrefutable syllogism:

Stellar effects create all elements which are matter.
Elements created through stellar effects make life possible.
Therefore life is dependent on stellar effects.

I make this assertion as the basis to show that matter is created by stars and not by a Deity. The very basis of Mism is that the natural laws were encoded in the primordial seed by an immortal we cannot begin to understand, nor should we. This is mirrored in everyday life — an egg, a seed, plans for a building and DNA. All things need a plan to begin, and the only role the Deity serves is to create the plan — plant the seed. But, the Deity is not God as we know it. We will discuss God in a future post.

The Big Bang Theory is correct for the most part, except for one small correction I will make. The universe did begin with a massive expansion from a single seed, but the “quantum disturbance”, if you will, was the first thought — the Big Thought Theory. Consciousness is the reason for the universe to exist, it is not a side effect of the universe. Consciousness is the universe and the universe is consciousness. And because the universe is a closed system, the first thought must have come from within the universe and not from beyond the boundaries of the universe.

Building on the Big Thought Theory, the Initial Singularity contained all matter and space-time at one single point — one-dimensional. This is to say that all things in the singularity were One and unified via infinite gravity. And though we perceive the universe as a vast, disparate collection of planets, stars and galaxies, they are all still connected via gravity. This we know to be an irrefutable truth.

If we can accept that we are all connected by gravity, then the next leap is to accept that we are still One with each other. It is time that distorts our perception of Oneness. We are every single particle at every moment in space-time simultaneous. Gravity is the connection that binds us even now. It is the fundamental order that brings all things back to its initial state of Oneness, once we have come to understand ourselves and the universe. This is why we have not found the elusive graviton. It simply does not exist. Gravity’s pull reminds us of our connection.

One now must ask what causes Chaos and the answer is very simple — consciousness creates chaos and chaos is creation. If we all possess consciousness, then it is we who create chaos. We mold the universe to our desires, and gravity acts in the absence of conscious thought. This understanding is the core of Mism. The answer to all of our questions about why we are here is very simple, we are here because we wish to be here. The universe exists because we wish it to exist. We think, therefore we are.

Conclusion

The universe is the product of two major events. The first is the planting of the seed by an entity we cannot and need not understand. The second, thought was the catalyst for the creation of the universe. There is no purpose for a universe without an observer. Why would an artist paint a painting if no one will ever look at it? I am everyone one of you, and you are all me.

I open this, and all future posts to criticism and debate. This post is one of many. And the dialogue begins now. Challenge me!

Let’s awaken our weirdness, our special facet of being, and change the world for the better.